Natural rubber biosynthesis in plants, the rubber transferase complex, and metabolic engineering progress and prospects

S Cherian, SB Ryu, K Cornish - Plant biotechnology journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Natural rubber (NR) is a nonfungible and valuable biopolymer, used to manufacture~ 50
000 rubber products, including tires and medical gloves. Current production of NR is derived …

Metabolic GWAS‐based dissection of genetic bases underlying the diversity of plant metabolism

C Fang, J Luo - The Plant Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plants have served as sources providing humans with metabolites for food and nutrition,
biomaterials for living, and treatment for pain and disease. Plants produce a huge array of …

Genomic insight into domestication of rubber tree

J Chao, S Wu, M Shi, X Xu, Q Gao, H Du, B Gao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the genetic basis of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) domestication is crucial
for further improving natural rubber production to meet its increasing demand worldwide …

Gene duplication and evolution in recurring polyploidization–diploidization cycles in plants

X Qiao, Q Li, H Yin, K Qi, L Li, R Wang, S Zhang… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

[HTML][HTML] Genome assembly with in vitro proximity ligation data and whole-genome triplication in lettuce

S Reyes-Chin-Wo, Z Wang, X Yang, A Kozik… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a major crop and a member of the large, highly successful
Compositae family of flowering plants. Here we present a reference assembly for the …

The genome evolution and domestication of tropical fruit mango

P Wang, Y Luo, J Huang, S Gao, G Zhu, Z Dang, J Gai… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background Mango is one of the world's most important tropical fruits. It belongs to the family
Anacardiaceae, which includes several other economically important species, notably …

[HTML][HTML] The origin of land plants is rooted in two bursts of genomic novelty

AMC Bowles, U Bechtold, J Paps - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Over the last 470 Ma, plant evolution has seen major evolutionary transitions, such as the
move from water to land and the origins of vascular tissues, seeds, and flowers [1]. These …

Laticifers, latex, and their role in plant defense

MV Ramos, D Demarco, IC da Costa Souza… - Trends in plant …, 2019 - cell.com
Latex, a sap produced by cells called laticifers, occurs in plants of wide taxonomic diversity.
Plants exude latex sap in response to physical damage. Questions about the function of …

Biosynthesis of natural rubber: current state and perspectives

X Men, F Wang, GQ Chen, HB Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Natural rubber is a kind of indispensable biopolymers with great use and strategic
importance in human society. However, its production relies almost exclusively on rubber …

[图书][B] Biology of Hevea rubber

PM Priyadarshan - 2011 - Springer
Natural rubber has been an essential commodity not only for the tyre industry but also for
more than 50,000 products that hold elasticity as an attribute. Rubber is obtained from the …